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Sustainability
A watered-down scheme
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:25 PMIn November 2011, the government of Madhya Pradesh sanctioned Rs 493 crore to 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for drinking water supply projects under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Supply Scheme (CMUWSS) along the lines of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).
![Source:India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himachal_photos_032tps.jpg?itok=TFsAaZcI)
Beyond drought: Tamil Nadu's chain of misfortunes
Posted on 07 Feb, 2017 10:40 AMThat Tamil Nadu qualifies to be dubbed as a land of climate paradoxes is beyond debate. The massive flood of 2015 was quickly followed by a punishing drought in 2016. Though the state benefited marginally from the south-west monsoon, as is usually the case, the biggest let down was the manner in which the more dominant north-east monsoon had panned out.
![Parched land (Image courtesy: Ink Freezer)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought-hit-land.jpg?itok=6A0oxyZQ)
The search for a shelter
Posted on 01 Feb, 2017 08:46 PMIn the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.
![Residents struggle for a pot of drinking water at Bhuri Tekri, Indore.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32115103622_290b08190b_n.jpg?itok=eSUDRcxG)
NGT to hear PIL on Ganga clean-up
Posted on 30 Jan, 2017 04:40 PMNGT to hear petition on Ganga revival on a day-to-day basis
![Ganga near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_2.jpg?itok=9q0GH5sd)
What WatSan needs from budget
Posted on 26 Jan, 2017 08:20 AMAccording to a report by WaterAid, a water and sanitation nonprofit, released in 2016, India has the highest number (75.8 million) of people in the world without access to safe water.
![Drinking water source in a village at Kawardha, Chhattisgarh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water_source_in_kawardha_chhattisgarh_0.jpg?itok=K5cDxFQ7)
No man's land
Posted on 18 Jan, 2017 09:39 PMFrom its rather benign origins connoting a type of land classification, the term poromboke has transformed into something grotesque over the years. This term had been in use since the Cholas denoting stretches of land reserved for shared communal use which cannot be bought or sold.
![The Ennore creek choked by fly ash. (Screen grab from the Chennai poromboke paadal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/poromboke2.png?itok=KbRRvrpb)
TN suffers the worst north-east monsoon in 140 years
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 11:50 AMTamil Nadu declares drought
![TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7_0.jpg?itok=fr9zKLWm)
Maharashtra gears up for irrigation projects
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 10:14 AMMaharashtra approves cost overrun in irrigation projects, set to complete Gosikhurd project
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam, Maharashtra (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0_1.jpg?itok=Q_jAYiNI)
The sea mouths crisis
Posted on 06 Jan, 2017 11:21 PMLingaraj Jena is a worried man. At 86, he is one of the older fishermen in Berhampura village, an island on the Chilika lake in Odisha. Though he no longer goes for fishing due to old age, he is worried about the opening of new sea mouths; he knows it is not good news for the fishing communities he is a part of that depend on the Chilika for their livelihood.
![A view of the Chilika in the evening.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30347858053_a6bb48c3f4_o.jpg?itok=6KFn0RE8)